David Wiegand on TV: Nov. 7

November 6, 2017

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Jason Ritter stars in “The Long Road Home.”

Jason Ritter stars in “The Long Road Home.”

Martha Raddatz, chief global affairs reporter for ABC and one of the best, most committed journalists on TV (or any platform, for that matter), authored a best-selling book called “The Long Road Home,” which has been made into an eight-part series premiering tonight on the National Geographic Channel. The film stars Jason Ritter, Michael Kelly, Kate Bosworth, Jeremy Sisto and others and focuses on the aftermath of an ambush in 2004 in Iraq when eight Americans were killed and 65 seriously wounded.

The limited series looks at the toll war can take on both soldiers and their families. You may think of other films and TV series that have done that, but I guarantee very few, if any, have done it as well and as powerfully as “The Long Road Home” does it.

Nat Geo will air a two-part premiere at 9 p.m. tonight before the series moves to its regular time slot of 10 p.m. on Nov. 14. I cannot recommend it highly enough.

The complete first season of the anime series “Fate/Apochrypha” is available for streaming on Netflix today, and the first season of “If You Give a Mouse a Cookie,” based on the classic children’s book, is available on Amazon today as well.

“The Curse of Oak Island” returns for season five tonight at 9 p.m. on the History Channel, preceded by the special “Oak Island: The Journey So Far” at 8.

“Bargain Mansions” premieres on DIY at 9 p.m.

Part two of “Rolling Stone: Stories From the Edge” airs at 9 p.m. on HBO.

USA premieres the period drama “Damnation” at 10 p.m., starring Killian Scott as a man who pretends to be a small-town preacher in the 1930s but is really planning a huge insurrection against an industrial tycoon.

Class will come to disorder as “Teachers” resumes new episodes on TV Land at 10 p.m.